In our Algebra II class this year, I will be hosting a Weblog, or blog, for short. I will also have the students hosting their own blog in order to post comments, questions and problems throughout the year. For example, they may be asked to create their own math problem about a topic we are covering. Or, they may be asked to post three questions about the lesson that was taught that day. All that is required at home is an Internet connection and a Web browser. Parents are invited to visit my blog and the students’ blogs.
A Note about Security and Safety
This blogging project is designed to minimize risk to your child, as it will mostly only be viewed by our class members and myself. Please emphasize to your children that they should not post their age, e-mail address, photographs, or any other personal information. The students and I spent a class period discussing internet and blogging safety so they are aware of how important it is to keep their personal information off of the blog. We also discussed the conditions below as a class.
Permission
Before your child may create and start posting to a blog, we are asking for you and your child to discuss and sign the following form. Please return to me as soon as possible.
Blogging Terms and Conditions 1) Keep personal information out of posts. 2) Students agree not to share usernames or passwords. 3) Students are expected to treat the blog spaces as classroom spaces. Therefore, appropriate speech is expected. 4) Subjects should be kept school-appropriate. 5) Software should not be downloaded or installed without permission. 6) Any student who does not abide by these conditions may lose the opportunity to be able to participate in classroom blogging.
I have read and understood these blogging terms and conditions. I agree to uphold them.
Student’s signature: Date:
Parent's signature: Date:
Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns you may have.
(source: Richardson, Will, Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms, pp. 15-16)
Safe Behavior Lesson Plan
Permission Letter 7-D-2
Dear Parents,
In our Algebra II class this year, I will be hosting a Weblog, or blog, for short. I will also have the students hosting their own blog in order to post comments, questions and problems throughout the year. For example, they may be asked to create their own math problem about a topic we are covering. Or, they may be asked to post three questions about the lesson that was taught that day. All that is required at home is an Internet connection and a Web browser. Parents are invited to visit my blog and the students’ blogs.
A Note about Security and Safety
This blogging project is designed to minimize risk to your child, as it will mostly only be viewed by our class members and myself. Please emphasize to your children that they should not post their age, e-mail address, photographs, or any other personal information. The students and I spent a class period discussing internet and blogging safety so they are aware of how important it is to keep their personal information off of the blog. We also discussed the conditions below as a class.
Permission
Before your child may create and start posting to a blog, we are asking for you and your child to discuss and sign the following form. Please return to me as soon as possible.
Blogging Terms and Conditions
1) Keep personal information out of posts.
2) Students agree not to share usernames or passwords.
3) Students are expected to treat the blog spaces as classroom spaces. Therefore, appropriate speech is expected.
4) Subjects should be kept school-appropriate.
5) Software should not be downloaded or installed without permission.
6) Any student who does not abide by these conditions may lose the opportunity to be able to participate in classroom blogging.
I have read and understood these blogging terms and conditions. I agree to uphold them.
Student’s signature: Date:
Parent's signature: Date:
Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns you may have.
(source: Richardson, Will, Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms, pp. 15-16)